Railroad tie



Feb. A20, 1923. 1,445,739..

L R. BABCOCK.

RAILROAD TIE- HLED Aue.12.1922.

Patented Feb. 2d, ldd.

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OF KELLY, NEW MEXICO.

IBALROAD TIE.

Application ledfltugust 12,1922. Serial 110,581,513.

I To .all whom t may concern/:I y

@Belit known l that `l, LAwnnNon ROLLAND lininoooin acitizen .-ot'ftheUnited States, re- .siding` `at Kelly` in the county ot' Socorro and`State oli" New lMexico, have invented certain `new `and usefulimprovements in lllailroad Ties,` ola-which the following is aspecification, Ireference being had` to the aci co]npanying` drawings;

` This invention `relates tofrailway ties, and

lias'tor its object to provide a tie capable ot' being formedfromacompositionior imitation stone and provided with means for firmlysecuringl the rails tothe tie.

`llt; is another object o1 the invention to -providea railway tiecomposed of `a composition land provided `with substantial railsupporting means,.said supporting means including; means fil-'orholdingqa railfthereto, andmeansltor the `reception ofthe conventionalform `ol? rail spike.`

It is a further object olithe inventionto provide `a rail tie o'lithischaracterincluding a metallic rail supporting i memberi provided`withwmeans `adapted to receive and-friction- ,ally engage aconventional form `ot `rail spike to hold said rail spi-ke in;engagement `with therrail, similar tothe wooden tie without requiring-1the useol `wood orlike perishable material. i

VVit-h` these and other objects in view,the invention consistsin theimproved construction; and arrangement oiiparts to be herein- `aiter,more` particularly described, 'l-'ully claimed and illustratedl intlleiaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1I is a IlongitudinalsectionalA view not' a railway tie constructed in `.accordance `with .anenibodin'ient off the` invention;

`Figure 2 is a `sectional viewo one of the `rail supportingmeansand thespike holding 1 ineans 51 and Figure 3 is atop `plan View of one of thesupporting, means,the spikesbeing shown 1n section, the. rail; indicatedby dotted lines.

Referring' tothe drawings, designatesl a railroad tie of standard sizecomposed oi concrete `or like composition, each end: portion of the tiebeing` provided with: rail supporting-members 6 and L7 `preferablyconstrncted vof metal, Each rail supporting` member comprises a baseplate 8 relatively thick,I said plate being adapted to rest upon the topot' the tie and is provided with a relatively large opening 9 and asmall opening- 10. Depending from the lower face of the plate and formedintegral with `the plate are side members 11 and 12, the lower edges oisaid side members being concave 'for the `admission `oi' `concrete whenthe tie is formed. .Dependingsg` from and/formed integral with `the.lower face of the base plate 8 and invardlyiof` the ends of the baseplate are end members 13 and 14, each of said end meni- 4lorsha-ving.;va foot 15 andreiniorcing ribs 1G,.the t'eet 15 extending` outwardly of`the end members. Byl this `means a compartment 17 is formed for thereception oit concrete. `Portions `of `said concrete may be passedtln'oug'hthe openingv 9. Through the cooperation oij the projecting endsofthe plate 8 `and 'the feet `15, additional compartments Vare formedttor the reception of concrete, so that there is no possibility ot' thesupporting, means being" disengaged from the tie. l Disposed inwardly ofthe end member 14 and` adjacent said end member isa wall 18, said wallcooperating with the end portions ci theside members and end member 14to provide a* socket or compartment 19. vThe end portions of thelongitudinal 'walls f-ormed by the end members' ltand wall 18 areprovided with recesses 20, while extending centrally of the inner faceoi the wall 18 an'dend member 1-1 are spacing ribs 21. These ribsaredisposed inalinnment and centrally' olf the` socket. The socket 19 isintended to receive a pair lol' `resilient plates 22, each platebeingvrelatively long and corresponding;` in width to the depth et the socket.The end portions 23 Aand 23a of 4each ot the resilient plates areextended at right angles to the bodyl portion et' the; plate and inparallel relation to` cach other, the distance between the outer face etthe angularly disposed ends being' `slightly greater than the length ettheisocket. :The end portions 234 and 23 `are arranged so that theextremities of said `end portions extend into the recesses '20 in thesocket.' This positions the major portion ott each plate inconfronting'` relation to the other.` Each spacing rib 21 is intended toengage the `central portion of one of the i plates, so as to provide arelatively small spacebetween the plates. This space is con-Isiderablyismaller than the thickness oli a rail spike. The recesses2()` otx the socket also extend through the edges of the openings ot"the base plate 8. The lower ends o'l the recesses 20 are closed by stops24e.

Carried by the upper surface of the base plate El, adjacent the endmember 13 is a rail clamp 25, said rail clamp having the usual undercutbeveled face 26 adapted to engage the base of t-lie rail. The clamp 25,however, is stationary.

1n the formation of the tie, that is, before the composition has beendeposited in the mold of the tie, a pair of tie rods 27 are extendedlongitudinally of the tie, the ends of each rod being extended inangular relation to the major portion of the rod and through openings 28provided in the feet 15 of the end members 14 of each supporting member.Nuts 29 are threaded on the ends of the tie rods to hold them inengagement with the. supporting members. Itis of course obvious that thetie rods are embedded in the tie, and in addition to the resistanceoffered by the concrete, serve to prevent spreading of the rails bypreventing movement of the supporting members toward the ends of thetie.

When the tie is constructed, the supporting members are placed so thatthe clamps 25 thereof are disposed one adjacent the end of the tie andthe other inwardly of other end of the tie. In other words, both oftheclamps 25 extend in the same direction. rlhe purpose of this is topermit the rails to be lirmly braced and guarded against spreading, itbeing the intention t-o place one .tie with the clamps 25 facing in onedirection and the adjacent tie with the clamps 25 facing in the oppositedirection so that each tie alternates, thus providing a rigid structurefor firmly holding the rails. The jaw of each clamp is intended toengage the base of the rail A in the usual manner. This positions theopposite side of the base of Athe rail closely adjacent the socketmember and the resilient plates 22. The spaces on each side of the guideribs 21 and between the resilient plates are intended to receive aconventional form of railroad spike B. In view of the fact that thespace between the plates is considerably smaller than the spike, and theplates though resilient are not flexible, the spike B may be driven homethe same as if the spike was inserted in a wooden tie.

The confronting faces frieti-onally engage the spike and hold it more.securely than itk would be held in a wooden tie. The

spacingl ribs 21 protect the plates from being` moved away from eachother at their central portion and through the cooperation of the endsof the plates which are disposed in .the recesses 20, two sockets aresubstantially not cause movement of the spike. In addition to this, theside thrust of the tiain which is toward the ends of the tie is directedagainst the clamp Q5, the strain from the clamp being indirectlytransmitted to the tie rod and the tie.

From the foregoing it will be readily seen that this invention providesa novel form of railway tie capable of being foi-ined from anycomposition used in the formation olf imitation stone. The tie is alsoprovided with metallic rail supporting means capable of using theconventional forni of rail spikes. In addition to this, the tie includesmeans for preventing spreading of the rails without causing the strainto be applied to the conventional form of spikes used as part ol thefastening means for the rails, and wherein the fastening means areinit-affected b v the disiiitegrating forces which render the presenttype of rail fastening means inellcient.

`What is claimed is:-

1. A railway tie embodying a composition body, a metallic railsupporting member enibedded in each end portion of the tie, `ach railsuppoi'tiiig member consisting of a. nietallic shell adapted to receivea portion ol the composition, a rail clamp carried by one. end portionof the shell, the other end portion of the shell being provided with asocket, resilient plates extending longitudinally of the socket inspaced relation to each other and the adjacent walls of the socken.

and rail spikes clamped between said platesl within the socket.

2. A railway tie comprisingl a composition tie or body member, ametallic supporting shell embedded in each end portion of the tie, saidshell including a base plate, walls depending from the lower surface andinwardly of the edges of the plate, certain ol said walls havinganchoring feet, one end portion of the shell having a rail clamp, theopposite end portion having a compartment formed therein, spacing ribsprojecting from the longitudinal walls of the compartment and centrallyof the compartment, recesses formed in the corners of the compartment.and a pair of resilient plates having angular ends, said plates beingdisposed in the socket in confronting relation, the ends of said platesbeing disposed in the recesses, and rail spikes driven between saidplates on each side of the guide ribs for securing the rails to theshell.

In testimony wheieof I hereunto allix my signature.

LAWRENCE n. 'iancocie

